I think in the past people wanted her with Erik because *they* wanted Erik. Now they want her with nobody because she's been such a useless character. But I suspect that the Bill hate holds over from that.

And while Stephen is handsome, he's sort of goofy handsome, whereas Alexander is definitely just straight up male model material.

That said, I find the way that Moyer hams Bill out so entertaining that I've always loved him. So many of the actors have to play their scenes straight no matter how insane the dialogue is, but Moyer always has a bit of twinkle in his delivery that sells it so well. Plus their scenes together are still fun, even though I often can't get past the "they're actually married" weirdness.

I really don't understand hating a character solely because you love another (or another pairing). I do love Eric/Sookie but I'm very fond of Bill too - just sad what they did to his character in the last two seasons.